Subject: Re: linux rpms
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/01/2003 14:04:54
In article <1040119531.324.10.camel@gcesari.consipsc.tesoro.it>,
	Germano Cesari <germano.cesari@tesoro.it> writes:
> how can I manage users under linux emulation?

You don't. You manage them under NetBSD and use "/usr/pkg/sbin/linux-mkpwd"
if it is necessary.

> concerning rpm, is there a way to install them?

You can turn them into NetBSD packages with the "rpm2pkg" package. Have
a look at "pkgsrc/emulators/suse_linux/Makefile.common" to see how this
tool is used.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/